House Lawmakers File Trump-Backed Bill to Loosen Hemp THC Product Ban
The clock remains ticking for intoxicating hemp products in the U.S., but a pair of bipartisan House lawmakers threw the industry a lifeline on July 22 through new legislation. Reps. Andy Barr, R-Ky., and Angie Craig, D-Minn., introduced the Lawful Hemp Protection Act to change the definition of hemp and divert the federal government’s forthcoming […]
Virginia hemp businesses to file court injunction to stop new restrictions on CBD products
Hemp businesses are attempting to stop the rollout of a new and more restrictive definition of saleable CBD products with legal action. (BizSense file) An effort is underway to snuff out a restrictive redefinition of the types of CBD products that can be sold in Virginia. A group of hemp businesses around the state announced […]
Texas Built a Weed Market Without Legalizing Weed
Texas still prohibits adult-use marijuana, but hemp legalization, a restricted medical program, and uneven enforcement have created an active market, hiding in plain sight. Texas has not legalized adult-use cannabis. It has, however, spent the past several years creating conditions in which a person can walk by “Free Weed” signs into a store, buy an […]
Sen. Fetterman joins Democrats pushing to reintroduce federal marijuana legalization | OH/PA News
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator to Pennsylvania, John Fetterman (D-PA) has joined 17 Democrats on Capitol Hill in the latest push to federally legalize marijuana. In a Tuesday press release, Senator Fetterman shared his support for reintroducing the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act which would end the federal prohibition of cannabis by removing it from […]
Sen. Fetterman joins colleagues in reintroducing marijuana legalization bill
In joining his Senate Democratic colleagues in reintroducing the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, U.S. Senator John Fetterman said he has “always been very pro-weed.” Fetterman, D-Braddock, said the comprehensive legislation would end the “harmful federal prohibition” of cannabis by removing it from the list of federally controlled substances and empowering states to create […]
Marijuana question survives as all nine ballot questions get their numbers
by Chris Lisinski, CommonWealth Beacon July 21, 2026 MASSACHUSETTS, meet your ballot — and get ready to hear a flood of arguments about marijuana pinned to “Question 8.” A state panel ruled Tuesday that the campaign seeking to eliminate legalization for recreational cannabis use can proceed. Less than an hour later, elections officials announced the […]
Recreational weed repeal ballot question to go before MA voters
“This is a victory not just for our coalition, but for every Massachusetts voter who believes citizens, not political gamesmanship, should decide important public policy questions,” said Wendy Wakeman, spokesperson for Coalition for a Healthy Massachusetts, the group behind the question. Stop the Repeal, an industry backed opposition campaign that led the challenge, would have […]
Massachusetts Marijuana Repeal Will Appear on November’s Ballot
A proposal repealing key elements of Massachusetts’ voter-approved marijuana legalization law will appear on the November ballot, state officials confirmed today. The measure (An Act to Restore a Sensible Marijuana Policy) seeks to repeal decade-old laws permitting adults to home-cultivate marijuana and regulating the adult-use retail cannabis market, among other changes. Financing for the campaign has come entirely […]
Massachusetts Officials Reject Challenge To Anti-Marijuana Initiative Signatures, Ruling It Will Appear On November Ballot
Massachusetts officials have denied a last-ditch attempt to keep an initiative to roll back the state’s marijuana legalization law from appearing on the November ballot. The Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Office determined earlier this month that organizers for the anti-cannabis initiative had turned in enough valid signatures to put the measure before voters, but marijuana […]
Fetterman Joins Colleagues in Reintroducing Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Fetterman joined his Senate Democratic colleagues in reintroducing the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, comprehensive legislation that would end the harmful federal prohibition of cannabis by removing cannabis from the list of federally controlled substances and empowering states to create their own laws. “I’ve always been very pro-weed. In a very […]
Congress Should ‘Stop Dicking Around’ And Legalize Marijuana, Fetterman Says
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) says it’s time for Congress to “stop dicking around” and legalize marijuana already—touting his cosponsorship of a recently filed bill to end federal cannabis prohibition. “I’ve always been very pro-weed,” the senator said in a press release on Tuesday. “In a very libertarian slant: I’m not going to judge anyone for […]
I Went To DEA’s Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing, And It Was The Strangest Proceeding I’ve Ever Sat Through (Op-Ed)
“I wanted to hear what a federal record about this plant sounds like while it is being built. It sounds like a lot of very credentialed people describing a plant that almost none of them have grown.” By Max Jackson, Cannabis Wise Guys For two weeks this summer I slept in my van in a […]